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What Film or Book Quotes Do You Live Your Life By (Secret Subject Swap)

Welcome to a Secret Subject Swap. This week 9 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously divulging our topics and submitting our posts. 

My subject is “What movie/book quote do you live your life by?”  It was submitted by my friend Rabia at The Lieber Family.  Here goes:

Thank you Rabia! I love to read and I love to watch movies so when I got this prompt it would be easy…but there are so many to choose from. Lately, “We’re not in Kansas anymore.” seems to sum up my life. I feel like I’ve been thrown into a tornado.

A week and a half ago my momma (who already suffers from Alzheimer’s) was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. I had no idea what that even meant. I mean yes, I had heard the word before, but what it was I wasn’t sure. I would learn quickly that it means it’s spread to other regions of the body. Like her liver, her lungs, her lymph nodes.

I was not prepared for something like this. I would never have thought there was a diagnosis worse than Alzheimer’s Disease. I stand corrected. So learning about things like hospice & DNR’s has become my new norm…when I’m not in a corner falling apart. 

My mother has no idea that she is dying soon, she no longer understands things like this. Her life is about her dolls and her friends, much like that of my three-year-old granddaughter. 

That quote though isn’t how I lead my life so I had to go back to the drawing board. One thing, you may not know about me is that I love the book and movie Wild. The story written by Cheryl Strayed. The idea of hiking the Pacific Coast Trail or the Appalachian Trail is something that I’ve dreamed of for years 

This quote resonates with me because I’ve always been a loaner. Someone who lives inside her own head most of the time.

“Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren’t a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was.”

Cheryl Strayed WILD

Here are links to all the sites now featuring Secret Subject Swap posts.  Sit back, grab a cup, and check them all out. See you there:

Baking In A Tornado                            https://www.BakingInATornado.com

The Lieber Family Blog                           http://thelieberfamily.com

The Bergham Chronicles                        https://berghamchronicles.blogspot.com  

Cognitive Script                              https://cognitivescript.blogspot.com/   

Never Ever Give Up Hope                 https://batteredhope.blogspot.com  

Part-Time Working Hockey Mom        https://thethreegerbers.blogspot.ch/

Climaxed                                        https://climaxedtheblog.blogspot.com  

My Brand of Crazy                         https://sarahsbrandcrazy.blogspot.com  

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Comments

  1. Karen BakingInATornado says

    August 10, 2018 at 11:50 am

    For a loner, you’re a very good friend.
    I am so sorry for all that you are suffering through now. You know I’m here for you if you need to talk.

    Reply
  2. MamaRabia says

    August 10, 2018 at 11:51 am

    I’m so sorry to hear about your mom, Rena. I hope you have some peace, and I hope your books are a helpful respite for you.

    Reply
  3. Carol Graham says

    August 10, 2018 at 5:02 pm

    As you said earlier, you knew this day would come but being ready for it is close to impossible. I truly loved the quote you chose

    Reply
  4. Tamara says

    August 11, 2018 at 2:42 am

    I’m so sorry to hear about your Mom’s diagnosis. I do think it’s a good thing she doesn’t understand. May she be into her dolls and friends and be happy for as long as she has on that Earth.
    Now YOU, on the other hand, gets to pick up the pieces. May you have the strength and energy to do so.
    And one day your dream may come true, and you’ll actually get to hike the Pacific Coast and / or the Appalachian Trail!

    Reply
  5. Jenniy says

    August 17, 2018 at 12:05 am

    I’m so sorry to hear about your mom! It is so hard being a caregiver, and I can’t even imagine getting this kind of diagnosis that she doesn’t understand. If you need to vent my facebook inbox, email, or even text is always open.

    Reply

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